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Solstice greetings: power, humility, and seeing the divine in a graph · Probable Futures

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Greetings on the December solstice, one of the two days of the year when the earth is most tilted. People in ancient communities observed this planetary extreme in traditions, holy days, festivals, and even architecture. I find myself thinking of these long-dead folks as I learn more about the planet I live on, its patterns, and the other people and species I live among. Whether making mundane, everyday decisions or reflecting at the end of a year on this often-tilted world, I find myself, like them, increasingly grounding my assessments and judgments in the physical and natural. Over the past year, fires burned across many parts of the world, heat records were repeatedly shattered, wars with ancient roots flared, and computer scientists unveiled software programs that would synthesize internet-available human writing to answer any question, no matter how profound or picayune. In the hopes that you will find it helpful or at least interesting, I have decided to take this occasion to sh

December 21, 2023, 10:27 pm ET Greetings on the December solstice, one of the two days of the year when the earth is most tilted. People in ancient communities observed this planetary extreme in traditions, holy days, festivals, and even architecture. I find myself thinking of these long-dead folks as I learn more about the planet I live on, its patterns, and the other people and species I live among. Whether making mundane, everyday decisions or reflecting at the end of a year on this often-tilted world, I find myself, like them, increasingly grounding my assessments and judgments in the phys

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